'Lessons'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Doggie!
This is the skull of someone's pet dog from more than 30,000 years ago. Found in Czech Republic by archaeologist Mietje Germonpré of Belgium's Museum of Natural History and colleagues, it's one of three canid crania they discovered from the era. The skulls support other recent research suggesting that dogs were domesticated 15,000 years earlier than previously thought. This news is one of Archaeology magazine's "Top 10 Discoveries of 2011."
Ooh! I know this one! Hemoglobin! Right?
Righteo. Because it's made of iron, which is where it gets the red coloring (like in rust).
And all the iron in the whole universe came from the core of stars (not our sun, it's too small to support an iron core) that exploded in a supernova extravaganza, spread out through the universe, formed Earth, and now you have stardust pumping through your veins.
I love Sagan.
now you have stardust pumping through your veins
I knew there was a reason I feel sparkly sometimes.
Oh flea, that sucks! Stupid employers and their cheaposity!
now you have stardust pumping through your veins
Sweet.
Anyone wanna motivate me? I have three things to do, and then I have to make the transmittal sheets and take them to fedex. And do my timesheet. And put on my out of office. This could all be done by noon (well, maybe not the "take to fedex"). But I am procrastinating like WHOAH. Why, self, why??
My nephew made a gingerbread house. Then he put a gummi bear on a spit in the backyard of the gingerbread house.
Am now playing Screaming Jay Hawkins' "Constipation Blues" on my speakers. Am wondering how long before my boss says something....
Do you know a piano teacher in Cincinnati? For adults, for now.
Ooh, not offhand. I used to. BUT I will contact my Cinci peeps! I have a lot of peeps.
I knew there was a reason I feel sparkly sometimes.
A non-vampire reason?
So, this was a morning. My car is under recall and I was lucky enough to get an appointment for an inspection of it this morning. Turns out, it failed said inspection and has been deemed unsafe to drive. The needed parts are on order and won't come in till next week. I am driving to Tennessee tomorrow to spend Christmas with my family and I, of course, do not own another car. Subaru was as nice as could be and gave me a brand spanking new 2012 Outback as a loaner until my car is fixed. Yay!
Allyson, I'm getting a "you don't have permission to look at this" on the gingerbread house pic.
I have achieved upright-ness! And I ate half a piece of toast and a bite of banana. Baby steps back towards feeling like someone didn't run me over with a truck...